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by tonfa 5y ago
Most people are not going to invest 100% of their savings in things like stock market (most people might be 60/40 or less). Cash at a bank is the best you can do in terms of risk free asset (for people in CH it's the equivalent of
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by tonfa 6y ago
CHF still has 1k banknote (and with negative interest rates this with a safe might be a better option than a bank account).
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by tonfa 6y ago
"Based on the numbers reported to the agency so far" The key word is "so far", the article explains that Germany saw the number double since the reporting. https://www.ft.com/content/d5cd63c6-af01-4d
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by tonfa 6y ago
> Mainland Europe, for example, has given the AstraZeneca vaccine to more people under the age of 60 than the UK, which vaccinated healthcare workers and older people first, using an even split of Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots from https
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by tonfa 6y ago
There was a one time repatriation mechanism, but it also removed the deferred taxation of foreign earnings. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-a-compari...
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by tonfa 6y ago
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/astrazene... Was a pretty good overview of the issues
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by tonfa 6y ago
There wasn't really an aid anyway. The sputnik vaccine doesn't have somehow more factories to produce it than others. It's not like the choice was between vaccinating with X or waiting, availability is similar (or worse).
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by tonfa 6y ago
Does the sputnik vaccine actually has a high production? Trying to find number, but seems like so far there's been 30M doses produced. I think a few european countries are planning to manufacture it for Russia. In any case doesn't
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by tonfa 6y ago
I don't think there's any benefit from keeping cash abroad for us corps, that was removed with trump's tax changes. (And even before it was delayed taxation, not tax free)
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by tonfa 6y ago
Worldwide data: https://cleantechnica.com/files/2021/02/World-plugin-vehicle... VW is pretty impressive, did they have any popular electric vehicle before last year? edit: Yes, they have a massive growth inde
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by tonfa 6y ago
At least france and spain are at DST or more the whole year (winter is DST and summer is DST++). I haven't heard people clamoring for moving out of winter DST (actually permanent DST++ is kinda popular since it's now part of the c
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by tonfa 6y ago
Is that unique to Japan though? (Had the impression that US hasn't been much better, and I'd guess Schengen as well at least to some level)
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by tonfa 6y ago
> Yes, and the selective bail outs and inflation which favor the rich are just the opposite! Doesn't inflation favor people having debt? Esp. since salaries follow inflation.
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by tonfa 6y ago
(really like the site) sidenote, it's a bit hard to access aggregated data, I always have to click bunch of things if I want to see e.g. distribution of salaries for role in switzerland. (all the default views seem to show just a list
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by tonfa 6y ago
Was the economy more stable with no monetary policies? Was the gold standard a failure but now we fixed the underlying issues?
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by tonfa 6y ago
You can move them to the DRS ( https://ibkr.info/article/2192 ) but then it while take a while to move it back to your broker if you want to trade.
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by tonfa 6y ago
Yes, most countries do so you're not double taxed. But you still need to declare, and esp. for Switzerland likely pay extra taxes to the US.
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by tonfa 6y ago
Definitely as CH takes part in the freedom of movement with EU. My comment was really about non EU+ nationals. If you get a working permit as a 3rd party national with no treaty with EU, in eg Germany, can you just move to Spain and work?
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by tonfa 6y ago
But for the places with those well known companies it's a good way to check salaries across location. (Which should still be a proxy for overall market)
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by tonfa 6y ago
> Especially regarding the idea that it uses less energy than the current banking system. I guess this one is pretty clear, OP was only comparing to gold/silver (I have no idea how it compares in practice). To be comparable to banki
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by tonfa 6y ago
Germany median salary is 42k EUR (and I guess one of the highest in the eurozone, Portugal seem to be 25k USD), depending on your lifestyle, I think many people could actually retire with 1M...
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by tonfa 6y ago
> These three countries’ job market is accessible with a Schengen visa. Is that true? I'd have assumed that EU citizens have access, but non-EU would need to apply specifically for FL/CH work permits. (and I'm not sure, is
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by tonfa 6y ago
> I keep hearing how I'll just have to swallow a tiny salary compared to SV wages if I move to any EU country, Switzerland included. Did you check e.g. levels.fyi?
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by tonfa 6y ago
I hope the kids won't mind having to declare/pay US taxes :)
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by tonfa 6y ago
But then the IMF actually uses a basket of currency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_drawing_rights (which has some similarity to the original libra proposal from FB)
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by tonfa 6y ago
I don't think that's even correct, the article is somewhat contradictory: > Since Apple uses a hashed prefix, Google cannot learn which website the user is trying to visit. Up until iOS 14.5, Google could also see the IP addres
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by tonfa 6y ago
It's probably the right tradeoff though? More possibility of internal netting for the broker with batching, sounds more efficient.
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by tonfa 6y ago
I think Bear Stearns might count for some people. (tho was more about buying the good assets to avoid adding even more fire to the crisis, I think investors were mostly wiped out)
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by tonfa 6y ago
> If the retailers hold the line they will squeeze the shorters. As long as there's liquidity (and it seems like there is, the entire float is trading every day), sure some short position might give up because they lost their bet (a
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by tonfa 6y ago
Were those stocks moving +100%/-50% daily?

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